Joseph Campbell, Born

Joseph Campbell (15 July 1879 – 6 June 1944) was an Irish poet and lyricist. He wrote under the Gaelic form of his name Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil (also Seosamh MacCathmhaoil) Campbell being a common anglicization of the old Irish name MacCathmhaoil.

He is now remembered best for words he supplied to traditional airs, such as My Lagan Love and Gartan Mother’s Lullaby; his verse was also set to music by Arnold Bax and Ivor Gurney.

Works

• Songs of Uladh (1904) with Seaghan Campbell
• The Old Woman’ by Joseph Campbell
• The Little Cowherd of Slainge (1904) play
• The Garden of the Bees (1905) poems
• The Rush-Light (1906) poems
• The Man-Child (1907) poems
• The Gilly of Christ (1907) poems
• The Mountainy Singer (1909) poems
• Mearing Stones (1911) travel writing
• Judgment: A Play (1912)
• Irishry (1913) poems
• Earth of Cualann (1917) poems
• Collected Poems of Joseph Campbell (1963)
• As I was Among the Captives: Joseph Campbell’s Prison Diary (2001), edited by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
• I Will Go with My Father A-Ploughing
• Four Irish Songs (n.d.) by Charlottr Milligan Fox, illustrations as Seaghan MacCathmhaiol.